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Pakistan cement sales for Jul-Jan up three per cent
Total cement sales in Pakistan increased by around two per cent in January and stood at 2.31Mt compared to the same month of previous year,
Siam Cement considers selling carbon credit
Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s top industrial conglomerate, has been in talks with brokers to sell
Shree Cement Jan shipments up 30 per cent
Shree Cement of India said on Tuesday its January shipments rose 30.43 per cent to 750,000t, from 575,000t a year earlier.
Production at Pennsuco Plant Will Continue
A spokesperson for Titan America said the company is well- prepared to maintain production at the Pennsuco cement plan
Libya to construct EUR116m cement plant in Sebha
Work will start on the construction of "Fezzan Gara Mahrou gha" cement plant in Sebha, in the southern part of Libya in the next few days,
India cement despatches stays strong in Jan
Cement demand continued to remain strong in January with the three major cement producers – ACC, Ambuja Cement and Aditya Birla Group – posting a quantum jump in their dispatches.
Consolidation on the cards: Fitch report
In its outlook released today, Fitch Ratings has said that with depressed valuations and smaller players getting realistic about their expectations, some more consolidation in t...
Dalmia Cement Q3 net plummets 78.93%
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) announced a substantial drop in standalone net profit for the quarter ended December 2008, due to low operating margins and high interest cost.
Pakistan sector seeks new export market
The cement industry in Pakistan is seeking an alternate export market other than India, as it has not
Dyckerhoff delays Russian and Ukrainian investments
The preliminary results from Buzzi Unicem’s subsidiary Dyckerhoff show a 1.4% reduction in group cement shipments to 17.32Mt
Saudi cement clinker mountain
Following the export ban on cement and clinker enacted by the Saudi government in April last year, Saudi producers have been busy stockpiling excess clinker production
Cemex: US$700m in cost cuts as sales plunge
Cemex SAB will cut $700 million in costs to mitigate the effects of the global economic downturn, the company said Friday, a day after posting its first quarterly net loss in a ...
Demand for cement to fall, prices under pressure: Grasim
Aditya Birla Group’s flagship company, Grasim has said that slowdown in construction activity and commissioning of large capacitie
Vietnam: cement industry warns of glut
Experts in the Vietnamese cement industry have warned of an oversupply in the domestic cement market, yet there are still more cement factories being built.
Cement sales still strong, says Lafarge, revealing expansion plans
Lafarge will open a cement factory in Saudi Arabia and a readymix concrete factory in Abu Dhabi, said its chairman.
Gresik planning to acquire foreign cement company
PT Semen Gresik has appointed Credit Suisse as its financial advisor with regard to its foreign acquisition plan.
Cemex’ margins decline
Cemex’ turnover was virtually unchanged (+0.1%) in dollar terms last year at US$21,688.5m, but increased slightly by 2.8% in peso terms. The EBITDA declined by 5.3% to US$4,343....
Vicat sees weaker start to 2009
Vicat’s turnover in 2008 declined by 3.7% to EUR2,057m, which represents an underlying reduction of 3.0%
Lafarge to move ahead with US$200m Balaka plant, Malawi
Lafarge Cement is to invest US$200m in a new cement plant in the southern Malawi district of Balaka, which,
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